I just got back from Sonora Mexico. My buddy and I each shot two mulies. These are the three biggest. Mine is on the left, his two on the right.

Left to right: 7x5 29in wide, 5x8 28in wide, 4x4 30 1/2in wide.


More shots of my mulie:




My other mulie doesn't deserve to be in the same thread. More to follow.....need to catch up with some sleep.

Great bucks! But why would you say your second one wasn't worth showing?

Beatiful trophy !! congrats !! Wich was your rifle/cartdrige combo ?? tell us the story...
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The second to the right was shot by my buddy. He was high racking all day, and about 75 yards from the camp, the guide saw two or three does and a small buck. They stopped the truck and waited, thinking a big boy was behind them. Sure enough there he was. They only had a few seconds to get off the shot. All they saw was a heavy horned deer, for all they knew it could have been a 2x3. He shot the bastard and when they walked up to the deer, the guide did cartwheels as he shit in his pants. That deer isn't very wide though, outside is about 27 maybe 28in (with cheaters) the inside spread ain't but 24in, but he's got mass. He's a 5x8, probably a solid 180 class buck.

The other buck (far right) he shot the next day over a rye field. He was actually waiting for a big coues deer when that slick 4x4 came out. He's a straight 4x4, 30 1/2in wide, conservatively high 60s, probably in the 70s though.

On the last day of the hunt, we were all together high racking. We had spotted 5 does, but didn't see any bucks so we dropped them (my buddy and guide) off. Not two minutes later we got a call "es un grande burro." We turned around, the outfitter and driver set up a spotting scope in the truck and me and my guide got off and started to walk towards the other two.

We hooked up with them about 500 yds from the buck. I didn't see the buck then as he slipped behind some brush. Right then we switched guides because 1. buddy's guide had seen the deer and 2. he was not a worthless POS as mine was (who would smoke and hack up half a lung every couple of hundred yards, and whose cough carries a filed tested doe proven 207 yds [+/-3 per Leica]). We started the stalk and crawled up to within 257 yds and set up for the shot. The small buck came out first then the big boy. He was quartering away when I pulled the trigger.

The cool thing was that I actually got to see the bullet strike, heard the thwap and watch him drop right in his tracks. We only measured one antler. The "weak" one we ballparked at 82in, mass was 5, 4.75, 4.75 & 4.5in, 29in outside spread, 26in inside spread. He's a good 180 class deer, maybe a 190.


The rifle was one of my synthetic stocked "traveling" rifles built by Kevin Weaver: pre 64 (1952) Mod 70, 270 Win, 24in Krieger barrel, Conetrol rings&bases, Zeiss VM/V 3-9x42, High-Tech stock (I think).

The load: Norma brass, Fed 210M, 140gr TSX, 59.0gr H4831SC, 3000fps.

Congratulations, must have been an exciting hunt! And what an exciting trophy!

How much do they charge for a hunt like this? I'll be most likely for business in México (lindo y querido) this year and am considering to stay some days longer.